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Bug#645055: realtek 8188CE ad-hoc mode not supported



On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:24:12 +0100, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> I looked a little further and saw that nl80211 does support changing
> interface type (mode).  But this driver (rtl8192ce) only supports
> creating new interfaces, not changing their type.
> 
> Should mac80211 drivers generally support changing interface type
> (change_interface operation)?

Seems to me really counter-intuitive that it didn't work. It was the
first time I ever see such a problem.

I have seen numerous drivers not support "Master" or "Monitor" mode,
because of limitations of the implementation or the hardware, but if
this is purely a API problem, it seems like a problem that should be
fixed...

Is this the right place though?

A.
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